| ATEMPO | Auden's first stylised poem contains rhythms in the middle at the original beat (1,5) |
| HUB | The wheel deal: A bicycle wheel is made up of many spokes that meet in the center at the ___ |
| ORIGIN | ... ironing caused damage, hole in the centre at the start (6) |
| CHANGEOFHEART | On second thoughts, rearrange odd Orff and put middle at the end |
| LOVEGAMES | After losing rhythm in the beginning, Laver goes berserk, winning match #1, 6-0,6-0 (4,5) |
| WHITEHALL | London street recognised as the centre at the Government oi the United Kingdom (9) |
| OLINE | NFL group with a center at the center, for short |
| TEMPO | Rhythms in music from ancient empire (5) |
| TEMPI | Rhythms in music from ancient empire (5) |
| LILTS | Jaunty rhythms in music |
| CREASE | The ridge in the middle at Lord's? (6) |
| CRAMBO | Dumb game to change in the middle at Christmas (6) |
| WYSTAN | Auden's first away -- is at pains to trim the odds (6) |
| EMPLOY | Sign up politician in the foreign sport centre at the back of the gantry (6) |
| GRAPPA | Turns up for wrap party at The Centre at midnight drunk, in Italy (6) |
| ALLTHE | WH Auden's first instruction to mourners in Funeral Blues (4,3,3,6) |
| CLOCKS | WH Auden's first instruction to mourners in Funeral Blues (4,3,3,6) |
| BROOKE | Rupert --; author whose collection 1914 and Other Poems contains The Old Vicarage, Grantchester and The Soldier (6) |
| KENNEL | Digs up vegetable around stunning centre at the home of the man's best friend (6) |
| ATHOLL | Blair ___, Perthshire tourist centre at the junction of the Tilt and Garry rivers (6) |
